- Release Notes
- Overview
- Getting Started
- Marketplace Vendors
- Marketplace Customers
- Publishing Guidelines
- Publishing Guidelines for Ready-to-go Automations
- Publishing Guidelines for Solution Accelerators
- Publishing Guidelines for Integration Service Connectors
- Security & IP Protection
- Other UiPath Listings
- Node-RED
- Setup
- Teams
- Microsoft Teams Scope
- Create Team
- Create Team From Group
- Get Team
- Get Teams
- Channels
- Create Channel
- Delete Channel
- Get Channel
- Get Channels
- Update Channel
- Chats
- Get Chat
- Get Chats
- Get Chat Members
- Messages
- Get Message
- Get Messages
- Get Message Replies
- Reply To Message
- Send Message
- Events
- Create Event
- Delete Event
- Get Event
- Get Events
- Users
- Get User Presence
- How It Works
- Technical References
- Get Started
- About
- Setup
- Technical References
- Azure Form Recognizer Scope
- Activities
- Analyze Form
- Analyze Form Async
- Get Analyze Form Result
- Analyze Receipt
- Analyze Receipt Async
- Get Analyze Receipt Result
- Analyze Layout
- Analyze Layout Async
- Get Analyze Layout Result
- Train Model
- Get Models
- Get Model Keys
- Get Model Info
- Delete Model
- Connectors
- How to Create Activities
- Build Your Integration
Marketplace User Guide
How to Create Activities
Activities are the building blocks of process automation. Each contains an atomic action which, stacked together with other activities, composes a workflow.
UiPath Studio includes a number of premade activities that you can install through the Package Manager.
The steps below will give you the foundation to build custom activities in 5 minutes flat. In this section, we'll create an activity package and in the next, populate it with functional activities.
- Visual Studio Community/Professional/Enterprise (2019 required)
- UiPath Studio
Open Visual Studio and click Extensions > Manage Extensions.
Ctrl+E) for UiPath. Download the UiPath Activity Creator extension.
Close Visual Studio and, once the VSIX Installer appears, complete the installation.
Reopen Visual Studio and double-click Create a new project on the home screen.
On the Create a new project screen, type "uipath" in the search bar, select UiPath Standard Activity Project, and click Next.
<Your company's name>.<Your product's name> (e.g. UiPath.Orchestrator). Then click Create.
Navigate to the Solution Explorer and notice that 3 projects, a Shared folder, and many files have now been added to solution. This is the foundation of every activity package. Continue to the next section to add your first activity.
